Legacy of our FA Cup run?

another way of describing the legacy of the cup run, of last years play off, of 1878's influence is that it is now fun to support Town, it's easy to support Town, it makes you proud to support Town
Under Fenty it was a drudgery and a duty

Quoted from forza ivano

another way of describing the legacy of the cup run, of last years play off, of 1878's influence is that it is now fun to support Town, it's easy to support Town, it makes you proud to support Town
Under Fenty it was a drudgery and a duty

Comedy at times though
Maybe our current custodians can arrange 'a night with '
Peter Swann & GetYourFacts right at Mcmenemys ,I would pay to see that show .

Quoted from Mappers

Comedy at times though
Maybe our current custodians can arrange 'a night with '
Peter Swann & GetYourFacts right at Mcmenemys ,I would pay to see that show .

Can Mike Newell be the support act

I think the club need to seize the initiative while the cup glory is fresh in the mind - for example get season tickets on sale sharpish and use the cup run for marketing. People have short memories, especially if this season fizzles out with  as series of drab home performances

Quoted from buckstown

I think the club need to seize the initiative while the cup glory is fresh in the mind - for example get season tickets on sale sharpish and use the cup run for marketing. People have short memories, especially if this season fizzles out with  as series of drab home performances

I agree that we need to move quickly on this not only to take the opportunity to ride on the back of the cup run but also just to give people some time to find the money.

We have momentum. Once you have it, keep it going because it is very difficult to get back if you let it slip. That was why we ended up back in non league under Fenty. He went for stability and consolidation rather than keeping it going.
don't for a minute think that the current owners will make the same mistakes that the old owner did.

Quoted from mimma

We have momentum. Once you have it, keep it going because it is very difficult to get back if you let it slip. That was why we ended up back in non league under Fenty. He went for stability and consolidation rather than keeping it going.
don't for a minute think that the current owners will make the same mistakes that the old owner did.

You’re being generous with saying he went for consolidation and stability, that implies there was a plan. There wasn’t. We got back up and he sat back and literally did all the things that got us relegated in the first place…

Quoted from Mariner_09

THIS.

This is a genuinely once in a lifetime opportunity to capitalise on an awful lot of a) good will, b) good publicity, c) momentum and, more importantly, d) resources.

We won't get an opportunity to push the club forward like we've got now. Everything is there, it's not like last year given next season won't be handicapped by a short preseason and, probably, a budget that needed more to compete if we're really honest.

I don't think we'll storm the league. Wrexham, Gillingham and then all but one of Stockport, Salford, Northampton and Bradford are still going to be able to chuck more money at it than us in all likelihood. I'm hoping the benefits of the exposure and momentum and no short close season will mitigate that to some extent.

Quite right. The Stars Have Aligned This Season, we must Carpe Diem. Seize the opportunity.

Quoted from grimps

I think we’re allowed to have high expectations, I’m tired of a total lack of ambition from our fans .
A club of our size with our support should be at least a league higher

I don't disagree but I think the balance point is how realistic the ambition is against the level of competition.

Like many on here, I supported Town through the 90s when we were often a Championship team and my early away days were at fantastic grounds, so I agree that all things considered L1 should be our level. But since we were in the Championship there have been a lot of Clubs that have surpassed their reputation and standing of that era and progressed, whilst we declined. That isn't to say that it means we should now be happy to simply be in L2, but that more teams are realistically competing to play at that L1, meaning reputation and history aren't the markers they were 10/20 years ago.

Our ambition should certainly be to be playing in L1 within the next few years, but if we as fans try to expedite that ambition and expect too much too quick, we risk re-creating the discord between team/manager/owners/club that existed under Fenty, despite the fact everything about what we're doing right now is geared towards improvements in every area. After all the good that has happened in the last 18 months, I would be so downhearted to see fans turning away because they held the same ambitions as the Club but were too impatient/too demanding of the timescales to see it happen.

Quoted from aldi_01

You’re being generous with saying he went for consolidation and stability, that implies there was a plan. There wasn’t. We got back up and he sat back and literally did all the things that got us relegated in the first place…

His plan was to finish 3rd from bottom every season with spending as little as possible ( he failed twice )

This is what gets me mad when people say we shouldn’t expect too much , we should be demanding top 7 every season as a minimum and after this season I’m expecting that